Specimen Information

Didymosphenia geminata
Didymosphenia geminata
(didymo)
Algae
Cryptogenic

Specimen ID1725331
GroupAlgae
GenusDidymosphenia
Speciesgeminata
Common Namedidymo
StateCA
CountySacramento
Locality0.77 km below Nimbus Dam in a gravel-bottomed main channel
Mapping AccuracyAccurate
HUC8 NameLower American
HUC8 Number18020111
HUC10 NameAmerican River
HUC10 Number1802011102
HUC12 NameUpper American River
HUC12 Number180201110201
Map
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Collection Month5
Collection Year2012
Year AccuracyActual
Reference 1
Ref. Number:43012
Author:Anderson, I.J., M.K. Saiki, K. Sellheim, and J.E. Merz
Date:2014
Title:Differences in benthic macroinvertebrate assemblages associated with a bloom of Didymosphenia geminata in the Lower American River, California
Journal:The Southwestern Naturalist
Volume:59
Issue:3
Pages:389-395
Commentsheavily overgrown with didymo
Record TypeLiterature
VerifierIan J. Anderson


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